Top 100 Greatest Music Albums
by Mdemauri

These 100 albums are the ones I could listen to over and over again. I could add about 500 or so more to this list. My goal was one album per artist and I was also trying to represent each decade as equally as possible. I'm not quite there, but getting close.

• Chart updated: 06/26/2014 18:15
• (Created: 02/18/2014 02:59).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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London Calling 

 The Clash

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[First added to this chart: 06/05/2014]

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

2,830 charts

Rank Score:

30,818

Rank in 1979:

1

Rank in 1970s:

5

Overall Rank:

20

Average Rating:

 87 (3,160 votes)

Comments:

259

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Exile On Main St. 

 The Rolling Stones

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[First added to this chart: 06/05/2014]

Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

1,968 charts

Rank Score:

19,649

Rank in 1972:

2

Rank in 1970s:

13

Overall Rank:

45

Average Rating:

 85 (2,354 votes)

Comments:

211

5. (8) 3

The Dark Side Of The Moon 

 Pink Floyd

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[First added to this chart: 06/05/2014]

Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

4,139 charts

Rank Score:

59,980

Rank in 1973:

1

Rank in 1970s:

1

Overall Rank:

2

Average Rating:

 92 (5,333 votes)

Comments:

592

10. (9) 1

What's Going On 

 Marvin Gaye

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[First added to this chart: 06/05/2014]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

1,644 charts

Rank Score:

18,997

Rank in 1971:

4

Rank in 1970s:

15

Overall Rank:

49

Average Rating:

 85 (1,953 votes)

Comments:

145

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Blood On The Tracks 

 Bob Dylan

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[First added to this chart: 06/05/2014]

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

1,867 charts

Rank Score:

20,786

Rank in 1975:

2

Rank in 1970s:

11

Overall Rank:

42

Average Rating:

 87 (2,201 votes)

Comments:

168

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Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) 

 Led Zeppelin

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[First added to this chart: 06/05/2014]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

3,160 charts

Rank Score:

38,592

Rank in 1971:

1

Rank in 1970s:

4

Overall Rank:

12

Average Rating:

 90 (4,002 votes)

Comments:

306

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Born To Run 

 Bruce Springsteen

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[First added to this chart: 06/05/2014]

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

1,609 charts

Rank Score:

15,366

Rank in 1975:

3

Rank in 1970s:

22

Overall Rank:

77

Average Rating:

 83 (1,979 votes)

Comments:

132

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The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars 

 David Bowie

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[First added to this chart: 06/05/2014]

Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

3,021 charts

Rank Score:

43,251

Rank in 1972:

1

Rank in 1970s:

3

Overall Rank:

7

Average Rating:

 90 (3,547 votes)

Comments:

304

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Who's Next 

 The Who

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[First added to this chart: 06/05/2014]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

2,191 charts

Rank Score:

21,012

Rank in 1971:

2

Rank in 1970s:

10

Overall Rank:

40

Average Rating:

 86 (2,567 votes)

Comments:

201

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Rumours 

 Fleetwood Mac

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[First added to this chart: 06/05/2014]

Year of Release:

1977

Appears in:

2,313 charts

Rank Score:

30,736

Rank in 1977:

1

Rank in 1970s:

6

Overall Rank:

21

Average Rating:

 87 (2,648 votes)

Comments:

188

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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition

Country	Albums	%
	55	55%
	34	34%
	4	4%
	4	4%
	1	1%
	1	1%
	1	1%

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85/100

From NamibiaStarr 04/21/2015 19:05 | #139974

good chart

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90/100

From awesomness425 04/21/2015 17:18 | #139970

The album was very clean and had a lot of critically acclaimed albums so i knew 95% of the albums here
Keep Rocking!

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80/100

From manurock 04/21/2015 15:40 | #139965

I was going to give you a bad rating because your top 20 is just a collection of well-known albums with little relationship between them but you do have some surprising artists and bands I like like PT or TJ so I guess your goal is to reorder the chart a little and include some comments, apart from that it's a good chart.

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Rating:  

70/100

From platus 04/21/2015 12:24 | #139959

Congratulations! Beautiful chart and well balanced.

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Rating:  

75/100

From Oselju 04/21/2015 10:00 | #139955

Classical but solid !

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85/100

From HoldenM 04/21/2015 08:41 | #139953

Well, SOMEONE likes their classics.

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Rating:  

90/100

From MeatIsMurder 09/29/2014 17:10 | #123001

Neat chart

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70/100

From pannkakesangen 08/05/2014 21:12 | #118788

i take back my first comment because first i only saw your top 20 which was only like top 200 albums on the overall chart but then i saw you added more unknown albums later on the chart which is great, so i guess i would rate your top 20 20/100 but the rest a 80/100 so im setteling on a 70/100

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90/100

From Ottokar 08/03/2014 12:35 | #118617

I like the concept of your chart (only one album per artist). And I agree with most of the choices. So - great chart!

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70/100

From pannkakesangen 08/01/2014 12:54 | #118272

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